Class Option 1: Tuesday afternoons
June 2 – August 4
10 weeks / 10 class hours
Tuesdays 1 hour
3-4pm Eastern, 2-3pm Central, 1-2pm Mountain, 12-1pm Pacific
(June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28, August 4)

Class Option 2: Tuesday evenings – Full!
June 2 – August 4
10 weeks / 10 class hours
Wednesdays 1 hour
8:30-9:30pm Eastern, 7:30-8:30pm Central, 6:30-7:30pm Mountain, 5:30-6:30pm Pacific
(June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28, August 4)

Instructor: Charlotte
Location: Online via Zoom
Level: Beginner
Age: Adults 18+
Class Size: Minimum 2 students; Maximum 6 students

Materials Needed: All material will be provided. The class is compatible with 3 different textbooks.
The class will mostly rely on Speedy Chinese and HSK 1.
Other resources will be recommended for those who wish to have additional self-study material.

What can I expect to learn?
By the end of this course, you should be comfortable with the following:

• Greeting others and introducing yourself
• Talking about basic daily topics using simple sentences
• Asking and answering essential beginner-level questions
• Using high-frequency vocabulary for daily life situations
• Participating in short guided conversations

Cost: $200 ($150 before May 15!)

Payments options are as follows:
Pay in full today: $200
Hold your spot and pay the rest by January 25, 2026: $225 ($50 deposit now. Additional $175 paid by January 25, 2026).

Payment is accepted by credit/debit card, Venmo, Zelle, Google Pay, and Paypal.

I’m incredibly grateful for Professor Yue’s patience and the way she always takes time to help me improve my pronunciation. She’s consistently available for questions and creates such an energetic, encouraging environment that makes learning Mandarin genuinely a good time!

Alec

I really enjoyed the Chinese 101 class and learned a lot! I have been studying on my own with Duolingo and Hello Chinese apps for about a year and a half and decided to take this beginners class for speaking practice in an actual live class to get over my fear of speaking and the “mind block” that happens when people speak to me in Chinese. Ms. Zhu is an excellent teacher! She always has a warm and friendly demeanor that makes you feel at ease. She makes sure everyone gets practice speaking and is very encouraging. I especially like the little drum roll she puts up on the screen when we do well. Her classes are always well planned and thought out. Even though I’ve been studying on my own, I always learned something new or had light shed on something I’ve encountered before but had it explained in a clear way. I hope she’s my teacher for the next class because I have really felt comfortable with her and liked her as a teacher!!

Having said all that, if I were truly a new learner, I would have learned just as well. She made sure things were understood and helped students who needed extra help on things without making a big deal about it. She met us all where we were on our Chinese language journey!!

Jennifer

about the instructor

Charlotte Zhu is a native Mandarin speaker and teaches standard Mainland Mandarin. She holds a BA in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages from Shaanxi Normal University and an MS in Education and Curriculum Studies from Purdue University. She has also passed China’s national Putonghua Proficiency Test.

Charlotte has been teaching Mandarin as a second language since 2018 and has worked with learners of all ages and levels. Her teaching experience includes private tutoring and group classes in HSK preparation, AP Chinese, conversational Mandarin, and business Chinese, as well as lessons for young children and diplomatic clients.

She has contributed to projects on intercultural communication and helped author a handbook for international Mandarin learners. In 2018, she received the “Most Popular Chinese Language Teacher” award at Shaanxi Normal University.

Charlotte enjoys creating clear, engaging lessons and supporting every student in building confidence with Mandarin.